Thorsten Arnold

Thorsten Arnold is an environmental engineer and earth system scientist who co-owns Persephone Market Garden with his wife Kristine Hammel. His academic training has focused on topics ranging from watershed science and agricultural economics to greenhouse gas forcing and the role of regional land use and agriculture. Thorsten describes himself as an ecological food and farming systems advocate and has worked on a variety of projects, including starting Eat Local Grey Bruce, a farmer-driven food co-op located in Meaford, Ontario.